The sticky black fluid in the bottles was concentrated mustard gas and lewisite, an arsenic-based fluid that emits blistering vapors.
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In World War I, the U . S . Army chose Willoughby as the site for a chemical weapons plant producing lewisite.
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They continued working throughout the war on the effects of various chemicals on the eyes, including British Anti-Lewisite and penicillin.
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Under the agreement, a Dutch expert from the Defense Ministry will oversee the delicate operation to destroy arsenic-based lewisite poison gas.
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Lewisite Gerrit Y . Lansing was elected Clerk of the Assembly, defeating the Clintonian incumbent Solomon Southwick by a majority of 6 votes.
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Japan produced about 7, 000 tons of poison gas, mainly mustard gas and lewisite, an arsenic-based fluid that causes blisters.
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Initially, his work concentrated on mustard gas, but in May 1918 Conant took charge of a unit concerned with the development of lewisite.
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During World War I, tannic acid dressings were prescribed to treat " burns, whether caused by incendiary bombs, mustard gas or lewisite.
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The Imperial Japanese Army had used mustard gas and the US-developed ( CWS-1918 ) blister agent lewisite against Chinese troops and guerrillas.
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Those exposed to lewisite can develop refractory hypotension ( low blood pressure ) known as Lewisite shock, as well as some features of arsenic toxicity.
